Combined towel service and advertising device



April 17, 1928.

C. HELMRICH COMBINED TOWEL SERVICE AND' ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Feb, 141926 50 INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES- CARL HELMRICH, OF NEW YORK, .12. Y.

COMBINED TOWEL SERVICE AND ADVERTISING-DEVICE Application filed Februaryl, 1926. Serial No. 85,243.

This invention relates to combined advertising-and towel serviceapparatus and has as one of its objects to provide a device for use inlavatories of ofl ice buildings, theatre I and places of publiccongregation in general.

A- feature of the invention is its use as an advertising and displaymedium, which part of the device is actuated when a fresh length of atowel therein is utilized.

Another object is in the provision of an appliance that displays aplurality of advertisements simultaneously.

A further characteristic is in the provi-- sion of means for preventingextraction of more than a certain length of the towel at a time.

These and other objects are accomplished by the novel constructionandarrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a partial front elevationalview of the cabinet. Figure 2 is a partial side elevational viewthereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the arrangement of the mechanismtaken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view thereof taken on line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of the actuating apparatusdrawn to a large scale.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:-

The numeral 10 generally designates the front of a cabinet on which islocated a mirror 11 and a plurality of windows 12, best seen in Figures1 and 3.

Disposed in the forward uppermost part of the cabinet and extendingthere-beyond at one side is a spindle 13 having mounted on it a roll 14and gears 15 within the cabinet, and another gear 16 on the end of thespindle on the outside.

Journalled in the casing and spaced below the spindle 13 is a secondspindle 17 carrying a second roll 18 and gears 19.

In the rear of the cabinet and conveniently placed are several idlers20, 21, and 22 having mounted on them, pinions 23, 24 and 25.

Passing over the rolls 14 and 18 and the idlers 20, 21 and 22, in amanner shown which the roll is revoluble iniFigure 3, are endlessscreens positioned to show through the windows 12, advertisements anddisplays thereon.

All of the rolls and idlers' are made to rotate in unison by means ofendless chains 27 engaging over thegears15 and 19 and the pinions 23, 24and 25.

Mountedin a recess 28 in the side wall of the casing is. a spindle 29having a flattened end 29 extending there beyond, carrying at one end asliding crank 30 having a recess 31 in which is enclosed a-springf32abutting against the spindle 29 to normally press the crank outward.

In another recess 33 in the front wall 10 ofv the cabinet is a spring 34positioned to normally distend a button 35 attached to a rod 36 whichextends through the front wall into the recess 28 and abuts against thehead of the crank 30 in a manner shown in F igure 5. In order to keepthe rod from being forced out of the casing by the action of the spring34, a collar 37 is rigidly attached thereto.

Also mounted on the spindle 29 is a roll 38 and at the end outside ofthe casing, is a gear 39 and a ratchet wheel 40 positioned intermediatethe side wall and the gear 39.

Securely held just above the ratchet 40 is a stop 41 to engage therewithin a manner to prevent the mechanism from revolving in an oppositedirection.

Firmly connected to the inner side wall is another stop 42 adjacent therecess 28 designed to project into the path of the sliding crank 30 thuseffectively preventing the roll 38 from revolving when the device is notin use and also to limit the degree to when a fresh length of the towelis exposed.

, Journalled in the stop 42 are two guide rolls 43 and 44 and belowthese, and to the rear is another guide roll 45.

Horizontally in alinement with, and to the rear of the spindle 29 isanother spindle 46, extendingat one end, beyond the side wall carrying aroller 47 and a gear 48 at its end.

Between the spindles 29 and 46 and below the same is a roll 49 adaptedto receive a roll of toweling 50 the same being made preferably of atextile fabric.

At convenient places, guide bars 51 and 52 are journalled in the casingto keep the toweling 50 straight and smooth.

Positioned between the spindle 17 and the recess 28 is another recess 53in which is self-adjustably engaged a guide roll 54 to keep the-soiledtowel on theroll 417 in an orderly position. V.

Mounted on the outerside wall in the up perinost part are two id1ers'55and 56 aiding in the guidance of an-endless chain 57 which ing alengthof the towel 50 proportionately equal to the length of the are throughwhich the crank 30' passes. At the same-time the roller l7 revolvestaking on it thesoilcd' portion of the towel, due to'the action of thechain. a

Each time that the deviceis usedanew display is brought into view at thewindows 12 untiltheentire screen has'been shown; then the displays startallover again.

Although the above has been gone into with considerable detail, itisdescriptive andillustrative-only, notehmitative, as obviously manyminor changes may be made Having thus described niy invention, what Iclaiinas new and desire to secure by Let-' ters Patent, is

A towel service device, consisting? in combination with a casing,.of a.pair ofrollers, a rolt of clean toweli-ng adapted to engage one of saidrollers, the other of said rollers receiving the soiled toweling, aplurality of guide rolls and bars in position to guide said toweling, aspindle jonrnalled in the easing having .ahfiattened'end, a slidingcrank mounted on said fiattenedend, astop in the casing projecting. intothe path of said sliding crank, a spring pressed buttonin the frontwall, and-a rod attached to said button to abut against the head of saidsliding. crank -to disengage the sanieifroin: the path of said stop. 7

In witness whereof I haveaffixed my signature.

CARL .HELMRICH.

